In 2017, a tweet sent by actress Alyssa Milano gave the burgeoning #MeToo movement the boost it needed to “go viral”. About half a million people responded to Milano’s tweet within 24 hours. The #MeToo movement would ultimately expose the scale and extent of sexual harassment and assault that women still experience at work.

Since then, the #MeToo movement has offered victims of sexual harassment a platform to speak out publicly.

However, six years on, the cost of speaking out – from intense media scrutiny and allegations of lying to threats of violence – is still too high for many.

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